Improvement in peg floats or cutters



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PEG-FLOAT, 0R. CUTTE Pate No. 190,057. nzedApr11z4,1s77

OGRAPNER. WASHINGTON, Dv C.

'UNITED STATES vPATENT GFFICE.

THOMAS O. MARIS AND SAMEL M. HART, OF MARIETTA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN'PEG FLOATS OR CUTTERS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 190,057, dated April 24,1877; application iiled october 14, 1876.

To all 'whom it may concern.:

Be ,it known that we, Trios. G. MARIS and SAML. M. HART, of Marietta, inthe county of Washington and State of Ohio, have invented a new andvaluable Improvement in Floats or Peg-Gutters; and we do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and

exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making' a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side view of our floator peg cutter. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the same. Fig. 3 is a frontelevation.

This invention relates to devices for removing pegs from boots andshoes; and it consists in the construction and comblnation of thevarious parts hereinafter fully set forth and. claimed.

A designates the bed-piece to which the operative parts of the deviceare attached, and B designates an elongated plate rigidly securedthereto. C designates a circumferentially-grooved crank-wheel, havingits axis in a post, c, projecting at right angles from the upper part`of the face, of said plate. Said wheel communicates motion by means ofan endless band or cord, D, to a pulley, E, which is rigidly attachedtothe outside of a Wheel, F, that turns on a pivot-post, G, projectingfrom the lower part of the face of said plate B. Said wheel F isprovided onV its inner face with a circular series of beveled cogs, f,which engage with and turn two beveled cogwheels, H H', that are rigidlysecured to two rotating shafts, I l. J designates a tubular lug orblock, which surrounds the lower part of post G; and J l J2 designatetwo perfo rated lugs, which are arranged on diverging lower corners ofsaid plate B, and face inwardly toward post G as a common center orpoint of convergence for lines drawn through their perforations j j.Said lugs J J1 J2 are made in one piece with plate B, or are rigidlyattached thereto, and rotating shafts I I are journaled in the same.

Shaft I carries, at its outer end, a rigidly attached cutter, K,consisting of a blade bent into an oblong shape and socketed in acircular disk, k, on the end of said shaft. One

vside k1 of said cutter is provided with knifebelow with a broadlongitudinal opening,l

and tapering in front. In practice said shaft:

sleeve, and shield are inserted into the for- Ward part of a boot orshoe, and said shaft is rotated by means of the devices previouslydescribed. Gutter-K then operates through opening: against the pegs onthe inside of the boot-sole, while shield L protects the upper leatherfrom injury.

Shaft I is provided with a cutter, N, adapted to remove pegs from theheels of shoes. Said cutter consists of a s1ightly-con vex bar, which isgrooved longitudinally, so as to leave two sharp edges, n n. `Odesignates a cup-shaped shield, arranged above and around said cutter,so as to protect the inside of the counter of the boot or shoe frominjury. Said shield O is rigidly attached to the outer end of a sleeve,P, which surrounds said shaft I', and is rigidly attached by its rearend to perforated lug J2. The arrangement and operation of these partshave already been sufliciently described in referring to those designedfor removing pegs from the forward part of the sole. The above-describedpeg-cutting apparatus may be operated either with the boot'or shoe andcutters held downward, or when the same are held upward. The drawingsshow the device in the latter position; but the former position willgenerally be found more convenient. If the cutters are held upward therelative vertical locations of the various described devices will bereversed.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

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1. The combination of the rotating shaft I have hereunto subscribed ournames in the with cutter K, having knife-'edge side k1 and presence oftwo Witnesses. serrated side 7a2, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a rotating cutter, THOMAS C. MARIS. consistingof an elongated bent blade, of SAMUEL M. HART. flXed shield, shaped likea cylinder open be- Witnesses: 10W and tapering to a point in front. W.H. JOHNSON,

In testimony that We claim the above We` GEO. S. JONES.

